once upon a time...

girls from the iraqi national school of music and ballet practicing outside, baghdad 1975.

loss

the image shows an armenian woman mourning a dead boy during the deportation of armenians in the 1910s.

discarded

several bodies lie at the bottom of a well in sevare, mali. a witness told the associated press that he saw soldiers fatally shoot at least three people at a nearby bus stop and dump their bodies in the well.

jan. 26, 2013.

israeli missile strike

a house in gaza city is destroyed by an israeli missile strike, killing the two little boys inside.

autonomous uprisings

in the mountainous guerrero state of mexico, burgeoning movement of "auto defensa" or autonomous uprisings by campesinos who pushed to the breaking point by criminal gangs operating in their communities decided to take back control of their towns and villages.

donning masks and wielding shotguns and machetes, these self-deputized protectors were willing to confront "head on" the sort of crime and lawlessness that has turned parts of mexico into north american killing fields. there have been 60,000 murders in mexico since 2006 and large tracts of the country are virtually ungovernable.

-ross mcdonnell for TIME

justice?

this poor man is a suspected islamist extremist beaten by an angry crowd lies in the back of an army truck in gao, northern mali.

jan 29, 2013

the mourners of chokri belaid

in tunis, the police clashed with mourners who had gathered to bury chokri belaid, the slain opposition leader whose death on wednesday stirred fears of political violence.

feb 8 2013

agent orange

as a child in japan, hiroko tanaka saw a television report on vietnamese twins who were attached at the head at birth. the deformity was blamed on their parents exposure to the herbicide known as agent orange.

agent orange and its active ingredient...

"dioxin"

is one of the most toxic compounds known to humans, according to the united nations.

in the 60s and 70s, during the vietnam war, the US military used agent orange to kill trees and plants that blocked visibility from the air and provided cover for viet cong fighters hiding in the jungle.

the defoliant contained dioxin, which can cause cancer and is being investigated for other possible side effects by the...

"world health organization"

it harmed US soldiers and vietnamese and contaminated some areas of the country.

the TV report she saw as a child made a strong impression on tanaka and as an adult she sought to explore the lasting effects of agent orange through photojournalism.

love

a girl plays with her brother as they search for usable items in a junkyard near the danyingone station in yangon suburbs.

speechless

a mother holding her child close just before being killed by a nazi officer.

homeless

a palestinian child cried after his families home was demolished by the municipality in the east jerusalem neighborhood of beit hanina.

feb 5, 2013

a russian coward

a young man beating a woman on a moscow street, while the police and bystanders looked on without intervening. it was reported last year that a third of russian women are subject to domestic violence and that it kills as many as 14,000 women annually.

loss

a palestinian boy wept at a funeral for six family members. the familys electricity was shut off for nonpayment and their use of candles caused a fire.

jan 31, 2013

charred remains

believed to be an islamist rebel, burnt by inhabitants of konna, mali.

jan 27, 2013

chris kyle

deadliest sniper in U.S. military history is 'shot and killed point-blank by veteran suffering from PTSD' at texas gun range

ahmad shah massoud

ahmad shah massoud instructing his troops on a visit to front line positions. dasht-e-qala, takhar province.

samir awad of palestine

palestinians carried the body of samir awad, a 17yr old who was shot by the israeli military near the west bank separation barrier. palestinians and the israeli military disagreed about whether he had breached the barrier or was running away from it when he was shot.

jan 15, 2013

pakistan marches for change

thousands of pakistanis marched to islamabad to demonstrate for human rights and the rule of law. the march was organized by muhammed tahir-ul qadri, a sufi scholar who has called for a democratic “revolution” in pakistan.

jan 14, 2013.

life after loss - iraq

violence haunts iraqs youngest victims of war

bloody peace

a protester flashes a victory sign with his bloodied hand as other protesters throw stones at army soldiers at the cabinet near tahrir square in cairo.